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HINTS TO HORSEMEN 



FORMULAS 



VETERINARY MEDICINES. 



PROF. EMMETT J. BROWN. 



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This book will be sent to any part of the United 
States upon receipt of price. Permanent address, 

Prof. EMMETT J. BROWN, 

Akron, Erie Co., N. V. 



Copyright, 1895, 
By Emmf.tt T. Drown. 



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PREFACE. 



THIS little book is the result obtained by 
careful observations, as well as of a dili- 
gent, practical experience and hundreds of dol- 
lars of expense, extending over a period of nearly 
30 years ; the aim of which is to present to the 
public in the shortest space and possible manner 
what every man should know of the practice and 
art of horsemanship. 

The experience and success of the author as a 
horseman, his knowledge of the errors existing 
in the common mode of caring for and treating 
horses, and the evils which result from such treat- 
ment, his careful and earnest investigation of the 
subject have rendered him peculiarly suited to 
the task he has undertaken, and it is believed he 
has produced a book of the highest practical 
value to all those who closely follow his direc- 
tions. 



INTRODUCTION 



WHEN a mere boy my sole aim and ambi- 
tion was directed toward one point, and 
that was to become a thoroughly skilled 
horseman. Every horseman that came through 
the country advancing some new theory caught 
me for his first subject, and as each year brought 
new arrivals, I gathered in the principal ideas 
from all worthy of mention, from old Rarey 
down to McConkey, with whom I traveled for a 
time. I commenced working on stock farms, 
training young stock, etc., for outsiders as well 
as employers, until I reached a point where I 
could scientifically. and successfully handle any- 
thing that wore horse hair. My experience natu- 
rally brought me in contact with all sorts of ail- 
ment and disease, from whence I became intimately 
acquainted with some of the very best men known 
to medical science. I had free use of their 
books, studied anatomy and became thoroughly 
acquainted with the general make-up of the 
horse. I procured me a skeleton, studied its 
form of structure and mode of union, and 
with the kind assistance of a V. S. commenced 
dissection of all kinds of subjects, from which I 
obtained valuable information and rare specimens. 
I now sought diligently for medicines that would 
relieve and assist nature in curing until I obtained 
some of the most valuable formulas in ex- 
istence. 

I took horses that could not be given away, to 
test my medicines, and succeeded in effecting some 
great cures. The constant demand for my ser- 
vices and medicines has cast a new light upon the 
subject, and I am inclined to believe that by plac- 
ing these formulas in a nice little book-form upon 
the market for a small sum of money I will be 
doing the people one of the greatest of favors, 
besides getting some recompense for a life-time 
of diligent study and effort. 

Prof. EMMETT J. BROWN. 

Akron, N. Y. 



EXPERIENCE has taught me that a horse 
must have open air, sunshine and proper 
exercise. Never keep him confined. A 
horse will do better in a good yard on straw 
than he will tied up, or in a box stall upon hay 
and oats with an occasional or no exercise. 
The more you feed and confine your horse 
and the less you drive him the farther he 
is from right. When you commence using 
him, if not before, he will show improper care. 
He becomes thin, has a rough, pimply, knotty 
coat, his legs swell and crack, and he is all out of 
sorts. When you have a horse like this, from 
this cause or any other, take away his grain. 
Give him two or three bran mashes a day for two 
days, adding one tablespoonful salt petre each 
morning. After you have given the last mash 
give one pint of raw linseed oil if small horse, if 
large, give one quart. After your oil is through 
working, which will be from 36 to 48 hours, com- 
mence feeding and exercising carefully until your 
horse gains his strength, and feed one tablespoon- 
ful of Favorite condition powders twice a day for 
three days ; then give three times a day. You 
will soon have a new horse. 

Be Sure Your Horse's Mouth is Kept in 
Order. 

About half of our common ailments existing 
in the horse is traceable to bad teeth and 1am- 
pers. He forms all sorts of habits, such as 
driving on one line, lugging the bit, cribbing, etc. 
In short, if his mouth is wrong he is all wrong. 
He can neither drive, eat, or digest well. When 
his food is not properly disposed of serious trouble 
is sure to be the result. Worms take advantage 
of the situation and help drag the animal down. 
Remove the cause and his trouble is over. In my 
estimation, if a horse's mouth is looked after by 
a good, reliable, competent man, a good share of 
such trouble will be overcome. 



How to Make Bran Mash. 

Take from four to six quarts wheat bran, put 
in pail, add one handful common salt, scald with 
boiling water, throw a blanket over pail, and let 
stand one and a half or two hours, then feed. 

How to Keep a Horse's Feet in Order. 

Put horse in tub if his feet gets dry and hard, 
soak with hot water and add some salt ; let him 
stand half an hour. Take him out and rub dry. 
Then pack feet with cow manure and salt. There 
is nothing equal to this to keep feet soft and from 
contracting. I usually pack a horse's feet twice 
a week in hot dry weather. 

Colic Drench. 

J% Spts. Nitrous Ether, . . . . ^ ij. 

Tr. Opii, I ij. 

Oleum Terebinthia 3 iv. 

Spts. Frumenti, 

Aqua, aa 3 viij. 

Give half first dose, if not better in 20 minutes 
give balance. If bad case, make a large mustard 
plaster and apply to the bowels, ring woolen 
blanket out of hot water and apply over plaster. 
This treatment is harmless in case of almost any 
trouble, and I have yet to see the first case of 
colic I could not relieve. 

Brown's Favorite Condition Powder. 

3 Pulv. Gentian, § iv. 

Pulv. Nucis Vomica, . . . f iv. 

Pulv. Fenugreek, | ij. 

(Pulv. Sulph. Ferri, 

-j Pulv. Pot. Nitras., 

(Pulv. Antimony Nigra, . . aa 3 ij. 

Pulv. Lini Farina, lb, .... ij. Mx. 

This is one of the very best powders for 
coughs, colds, distemper in all forms, and in any 
case where a horse needs conditioning. They 
are harmless. You can work your horse every 
day while feeding these powders. Dose, one 
tablespoonful three times a day. 



Powder for Shedding and General 
Improvement. 

]} Equal parts, Potass. Nitras and Sulphur is 
Flor. 
These powders are for idle horses that do not 
shed their coat well in spring, and especially for 
young stock before turning out. They are in- 
valuable. Do not drive or work hard while feed- 
ing these powders. Dose, tablespoonful two or 
three times a day. 

Cough Powder, Heaves, Etc. 

ty Pulv. Antimoni et Potass. Tart., 3 j. 

Puiv. Resina, 3 ij. 

Pulv. Sanguinaria, §j. 

Pulv. Potass. Carbonate, ... 3 ij. 

Pulv. Zingiberris, 3 ij. 

Pulv. Gentian, 3 ij. 

These powders are used for heaves, chronic 
coughs and dry cough of long standing. They 
are valuable in any case of fever. For heaves 
always wet the feed and never feed clover hay in 
any form. Dose, one teaspoonful three times a 
day in feed. 

For plugs, trading stock, etc., use this powder 
with either of the following medicines : 
I£ One teaspoonful Oil Tar twice a day on 

feed. 
1£ One tablespoonful Tartar Emetic twice a 

day in water, 
fj One tablespoonful Linseed Oil on feed three 
times a day. 
This treatment will plug the worst case of 
heaves on record. 

Cough Candy. 
3 Hyp. Sulphite Soda, 3 ij. 

Acid Tannic, 

Pulv. Lobelia Sem, . . . aa 3 iv. 
Fid. Ext. Belladonna, . . . §j. 
Pulv. Glycyrrhizza Root, . . . 3 iv. 
Molasses q. s. to make electuary. 
This is a valuable medicine for all throat 
trouble. It lubricates the throat so a horse can 



eat and drink. Give three or four times daily. 
Take a piece of smooth lath, dip up a piece of 
candy the size of a butternut, run it back in his 
mouth, and stick it betwee'n the teeth ; then he 
will work it down by degrees. 

Treatment for Worms. 

1£ Antimony et Potass. Tart, . . ^ ij. 
Sg. Div. in Chartulas No. vj. 

DRENCH. 

5 Oleum Terebinthia, . . . . 3 j. 
Oleum Lini q. s., . . . . . Oj. 
Give two or three bran mashes to open bowels. 
Then give one powder every night in the water, 
if possible ; otherwise in feed until you give the 
six. After twelve hours give drench. This is 
the most reliable remedy known to man for 
worms that inhabit the stomach and intestines. 
For pin worms (commonly called) that inhabit 
the rectum, after you give the drench, grease 
well with finger, and give injections of soft soap- 
suds and salt. By giving these injections about 
the same time the drench works, you will make a 
clean job of it. 

R. Sodae Bromid., grs. C. One dose. 

I am told that the worst tricky and nervous 
horse can be controlled and successfully driven 
while under the influence, by giving this dose a 
few minutes before you want to use him. Give 
medicine in feed. 'Tis a pure nerve sedative and 
harmless. 

Quinine as a Preventative. 

After a horse has had a tedious jaunt through 
storm and bad weather, or otherwise exposed, 15 
to 20 grains of Quinine is a great and certain 
preventative against cold, fever, etc. 

For Scours in Horses and Cattle. 

P P Tr. Opii, I ss. 

Alumen, 3 ij. 

Browned flour, enough to make a ball. 
Repeat twice a day, if necessary. 
Colts and calves, one half the dose. 



Powders to Fat the Poorest Horse that Lives. 



Pulv. Antimony, 


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Jam. Ginger, .... 


• • § "j 


Soda Bicarb., .... 


. . Su- 


Pulv. Asafoeuda, . . 


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Pulv. Potass. Nit., . . 


• • Sij- 


Acid Arsenious, 


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Dose, one tablespoonful three times a day in 
feed. 



How to Make a Horse Eat Any Kind 
of Powder. 

First take him out of his stall; then put the 
feed and medicine" mixed in his box ; then pull 
out his tongue and wipe some of the powder 
on it ; then let him go in his stall, and he will go 
eating, for he thinks the powders are all in his 
mouth. 



Indian Blister. 




Spts. Camphora, .... 


3 'J- 


Spts. Vini Rect, .... 


§ij- 


01. Origanum, 


li- 


Aqua Ammonia, .... 


ly 


Sal. Col. Rubia, .... 


q. s. 



This blister is used for sprains of all kinds, 
ringbone, curb splint and all enlargements left 
from quacking sprains, bruises and cuts. First 
bandage with soft soap for three days, taking the 
bandage off and putting on fresh soap twice a 
day ; rub in all the soap you can each time. 
Then wash off clean with warm water and just 
wet with blister. Do not rub. If the blister does 
not take hold to suit, wrap with bandage over 
blister three or four hours at a time until it works 
to suit. Wet with blister every time you take off 
bandage. Use good big woolen bandage next to 
hide and any kind outside, but use lot of band- 
age to keep hot so it will take hold good. This 
is the hardest medicine in the book to get work- 
ing properly and the most valuable of them all. 
Don't get scared, as no serious result could pos- 
sibly come from it. Never wash nor grease and 



give absolute rest. I can do with this medicine 
what no other ever did, or can do. It works as 
an absorbent as well as blister. It never removes 
the hair and draws everything out clean to the 
bone. 



Liniment for Leg Wash, Body Wash, Muscu- 
lar Soreness, Sprains, Bruises, for 
Man and Beast. 

I£ Alcohol, Oij. 

Ol. Sassafras, 

Tr. Aconite, 

Tr. Belladonna, 

Oil Hemlock, 

Aqua Ammonia, . . . . aa §j. 

Oil Cedar, 

Oil Origanum, 

Spts. Camphora, 

Tr. Capsicum, 

Tr. Myrrh, 

Chloroform, aa § ss. 

For leg wash take four tablespoonsful liniment, 
one pint cider vinegar, one pint water. 

For body wash take two tablespoonsful lini- 
ment and one quart warm water. 

This is the greatest liniment to-day in use for 
man or beast. It will relieve headache, tooth- 
ache or any other pain instantly. For sprains, 
bruises and soreness it has no equal for man or 
beast. Bathe well with liniment and bandage 
with woolen bandage wherever it is possible to 
do so. 

For Sprains, Bruises, Muscular Soreness, Etc. 

If taken as soon as injured, bathe with cold 
water and bind on ice. If long standing, bathe 
with hot water and salt after the injury is cooled 
by either process. Bandage with leg wash and 
you can use the liniment full strength by just 
wetting and bandaging for a couple of hours at 
a time in bad cases. For any thickness of ten- 
dons, bad scars, etc., use Indian Blister. 



Puff Cure. 



H Acid Acetic, 

Ammonia Muras, 



3 XV 1- 
S ij- 



Put on with a little sponge every morning un- 
til it roughens the skin a little; then let up two 
or three days and apply again. Do not blister, 
which the medicine will do if put on too strong 
and often. Do not rub in, but just wet. You 
can work a horse every day and take off any puff 
that ever grew by closely following these 
directions. 



Treatment for Stifled Horse. 

R. White of one Egg. 

Soft Soap, one half cup. 

Four tablespoonsful Cider Vinegar. Mx. 

Tie rope around ankle of stifled leg. Throw 
rope over beam six feet high in front of horse ; 
pull on rope and jerk leg forward. This will 
put patella in place. Then put medicine on 
stifle, rub in well, let him stand part of a day, 
and he is ready for use. 



Sweeney 

Spts. Vini, 

Spts. Terebinthia, 

Aqua Ammonia, 

Ol. Origanum, . 
Ol. Hemlock, . 
Ol. Terebinthia, 
Aqua Ammonia, 
Tr. Iodini, . . 
Tr. Camphora, . 
Ol. Sucini, 
Tr. Cantharides, 
Spts. Vini Rect., q 

Here are two valuaV) 



I v »j- 

3 iv. Mx. 

3.i- 

|ss. 

5J- 

3.1- 
3iv. 

3J- 
I viij. 

3J- 

3 xvj. Mx. 



e liniments for Sweeney. 
You may use either. For bad case blister well 
by rubbing with either liniment ; then grease, 
and, if necessary, wash off and repeat. This 
treatment will cure the worst case. 



White Liniment. 

I£ 01. Olivce, §v. 

O. Terebinthia, § v. 

Aqua Ammonia, . . . . . fv. Mx. 

This is to be used in case ot distemper and 
sore throat. As soon as a horse commences to 
cough, I always blister lightly with this liniment 
and feed favorite condition powders. A horse 
treated in this manner will seldom break open in 
the throat, for the liniment sweats it out of the 
throat, and the powders work it out of the blood. 
Rub the throat and glands well with the lini- 
ment, and keep on until the cough stops. 



For Scratches, Grease Heel and Mud Fever. 

R- Phenol, §jss. 

Aqua, - . . Oj. Mx. 

Apply with sponge twice a day until it dries 
up and scab forms, then grease with vaseline. 
In most cases of this kind of trouble the cause 
originates inside of the horse, and in bad cases 
it is well to mash physic and give Favorite Con- 
dition Powders to work it out of his blood while 
applying outside. 

This is one of the very best lotions for bad 
cuts and wounds. 

R Iodine Cryst, §j. 

Adeps, f j. Mx. 

Curbs of long standing can be taken off with 
this preparation. 

Rub it on curb, but do not blister it. Will ab- 
sorb and take it off without. 



3 Ol. Goulard, § iv. 

01. Oliva. § iv. Mx. 

This formula is used for surfaces indisposed to 
heal, such as cracked heels, blisters and legs 
burned with ropes, etc. 

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For Fresh Cuts and Wounds. 

IJ Zinc Sulph, 3 iv. 

Plumbi Acetas, 3 iv. 

Ol. Terebinthia, 3 iv. 

Aqua, q. s., § xxiv. Mx. 

First wash your wound clean with some anti- 
septic, 

3 Acid Carbolic, 3 i. 

Aqua, r xxxij. 

Then stitch up if necessary and inject with lo- 
tion. If the bone is injured fill the hole with sur- 
geon's cotton wet with lotion and let it remain until 
you dress again, which will be once a day. When 
you get ready to dress the wound each time bathe 
well with warm water and a little salt. 

For Corns. 

I£ Acid Hydrochlori, 3 ij. 

Pair the corn thin, pour on medicine and 
let it burn a little ; repeat quite often and keep 
the shoe from resting on the corn. If there 
is anything that will kill a corn it is this 
treatment. 

Thrush. 

Wash clean with castile soap, and when dry 
pour on some of the corn medicine. Then put 
powdered calomel in the cracks and pack the foot 
with cotton and keep dirt out. Repeat every 
two or three days until cured. 

Warts. 

1$ Acid Arsenius, § ij. 

Run a penknife in the top of wart half an inch 
deep, drop in a little of the powder and poke in 
a little cotton, or ross the top of wart a little 
raw, and drop on some of the powder. This will 
remove the largest wart in five or six days that 
ever grew. After the wart comes out heal it up 
the same as any cut or wound. 



For a Calked Horse. 

Spts. Turpentine. 

As soon as he is calked, put on the Turpen- 
tine. You may drive him in snow or any kind 
of roads, and he will never take cold in it. As it 
heals up, keep well greased. Put on Turpentine 
every morning for three mornings. 

Eye Lotion for Sore Eyes. 

5 Zinci Sulphas, 

Plumbi Acetas, aa 3 i 

Add to Aqua Distilata, . . . Oj. 

Bathe the eye twice a day, and get some in the 
eye. 

Sore Back, Saddle Galls, Etc. 

Take a pan full of white oak bark and steep 
it down good and strong, and add 3 oz. of alum. 
This is a very powerful astringent, and beats 
anything I ever tried for this kind of trouble. 
Farmers should use this preparation a few days 
in spring before commencing work. 

Guy's Famous Liniment 

is another valuable remedy for this trouble. 
Some ptople use it for all kinds of sores, foul 
ulcers, etc. It will scab over a sore in a few 
minutes and heal it up as quick as any medicine 
I ever saw. 

5- Pulv. Sanguinaria, § ij. 

Spts. Vini Kect., f iv. 

Acetum, | viij. 

Ol. Sassafras, ...... 3 ss. 

Aqua q. s., § xvi. Mx. 

Healing Salve. 

5 Adeps I vj. 

Pulv. Camphora, 3 j. 

Zinci Oxide, § ij. Mx. 

This is a valuable salve for healing purposes. 
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Lampas or Lampers. 

Whittle a pin from very hard wood, and with 
it tear the gums loose from teeth inside the 
mouth, push them back and rub in some salt. 
This will cure any case. (Never fire.) 

To Clean White Horse. 

Take white pipe clay, mix with water so you 
have a soft putty. After you have washed the 
stained spots, rub the putty in the hair and let it 
go until you want to use the horse ; then just 
run brush through to straighten hair. Do not 
mix up any more than you can use at once. 

How to Get Rid of Lice. 

Take insect powder, put in an ejector and puff 
the hair along the line of croup, back, and mane 
full of the powder. Then cover horse up warm 
in bankets. Then puff his hair full of it under 
blankets. Let him stand a couple of hours and 
you will kill all the lice that are hatched out on 
him, and after two or three days repeat to get 
the new ones. I have tried everything for lice 
but this is the surest, shortest and safest of 
them all. 

Inflammatory Rheumatism. 

Keep the bowels well open with mild physic, 
and take from ten to twenty drops of the medi- 
cine three times a day in a little water. This 
medicine will cure any case of inflammatory 
rheumatism if taken in time. 

]{ Potass. Iodide, 3 ij. 

Vini Colchici, ~ ij. Mx. 

Corbyn's Sea Foam Shampoo. 

P, Potass. Carb., ? ij. 

Ammonia Carb., 3 iv. 

Take two quarts warm water and make light 
castile soap suds, then add powder and perfume 
to suit yourself. This sea foam will free the scalp 

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from all dandruff, preserve the hair and keep it 
from falling out and turning gray, and make it 
bright and silky. First give the head a good 
brushing to loosen the dandruff from the scalp, 
then give the hair a good sudzing with the sham- 
poo, rinse in two waters and dry thoroughly. 
Never wet your hair if you want to keep it soft 
and silky. Brush well and comb dry 

Corbyn's Hair Tonic. 

$ Spts. Vini Rect., § viij. 

Tr. Cantharides, 3 ij. 

Oil Castor, 3 j. 

Oil Limon and Bergamot, . aa gtt. xx. 
Tr. Benzoin, gtt. xxx. Mx. 

Use tonic on hair after using Sea foam. Put a 
little tonic on the head and rub thoroughly, it 
will dry right out and leave the hair fine and 
glossy. If any person will follow my directions 
for using Sea foam and Tonic they will always 
have a full head of nice hair. I learned my 
trade and obtained these two formulas from a 
man who had worked 50 years in a barber 
shop. 

For Dogs. 

Ij, Adeps. Terebinthia 01. and Sulphuris, each 
equal parts. 

By feeding a dog lots of sulphur and using this 
prescription on sores, you can cure any case of 
Itch or Mange. 



